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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1713
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1713 -
PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE IN THE MINIMUM DAILY WAGE RATES AND FOR
ADDITIONAL MANDATORY LIVING ALLOWANCES
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WHEREAS,
the nation now faces a continuing crisis as a result of wide-ranging
developments in the world's economic and political systems; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, a need exists to sustain the momentum of national growth
established in the past years and ensure a development path that is
both enduring and compassionate;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the National Tripartite Conference on Wages, Employment and
Industrial Relations was convened on 15-16 August, 1980 to address
itself to meeting this need; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the delegates to the Conference proposed, in response to the
challenge, to make certain adjustments in the wages of workers to
ensure a decent living wage for them and the continued viability of
business and industry.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, and upon the
recommendation of the Minister of Labor and Employment and the Cabinet
Standing Committee, do hereby order and decree:cralaw:red
Section 1. The minimum daily wage rates shall be
increased by P1.00. All private employers shall pay their employees
whose wage or salary is not more than P1,500.00 a month an additional
mandatory living allowance of P60.00 a month for non-agricultural
workers, P45.00 a month for plantation workers and P30.00 a month for
agricultural non-plantation workers.
Section 2. Existing or new enterprises that are or
may become temporarily distressed or dislocated may be granted full
exemption or deferment of compliance by the National Wages Council.
The Council shall act on petitions with complete supporting documents
within one month from submission thereof.
Section 3. Any increase in wages or allowances
granted by employers unilaterally or by collective agreement between
first of July 1980 and the date of the effectivity of this Decree may
be credited to the amount of allowances provided herein.
Section 4. The National Wages Council shall review
all existing decrees granting mandatory living allowances and the basic
minimum wages with a view to consolidating or restructuring all such
allowances for ease of administration and enforcement as well as to
reaffirm the basic income of the lowest categories of workers.
Section 5. The Minister of Labor and Employment shall
initially promulgate rules to implement this Decree. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 6. Nothing herein shall be construed to
minimize or eliminate any benefit to which a worker is now entitled
under existing law, contract or practice.
Section 7. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 18th day of August, in the Year of Our Lord, Nineteen hundred and
eighty.
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